The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandBeitrag in Buch/SammelwerkForschungPeer-Review

Autoren

  • Niklas Schneeweiß
  • Harald Gropengießer

Organisationseinheiten

Forschungs-netzwerk anzeigen

Details

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Titel des SammelwerksFostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education
UntertitelPedagogies, Guidelines and Insights from Classroom-based Research
Herausgeber/-innenOrit Ben Zvi Assaraf, Marie-Christine P. J. Knippels
Kapitel7
Seiten123
Seitenumfang1449
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2022

Publikationsreihe

NameContributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)
ISSN (elektronisch)2662-2319

Abstract

Understanding and explaining complex biological phenomena such as the results of climate change or evolution requires students to think systemically. Systems thinking, which relates concepts to the right level of organization and adequately interrelates concepts across levels of organization, is difficult for students. Teachers can and should encourage learners to consider levels of organization in their effort to explain biological phenomena. However, in order to give learners feedback and support the learning process, teachers and students need a tool to reflect on levels of organization. Based on learning strategies like yo-yo-learning and concept-mapping, we propose a new graphic organizer, the zoom map. The zoom map encourages learners to make levels of organization and the interrelation of system elements explicit. We draw on proof of concept teaching experiments to elaborate on how to use the zoom map as a tool for both students and teachers. After learning with the zoom map, students considered more of the relevant levels, and beyond that, the students considered lower levels of organization. Our results indicate that the zoom map fosters explanations across the levels of organization.

Zitieren

The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization. / Schneeweiß, Niklas; Gropengießer, Harald.
Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education: Pedagogies, Guidelines and Insights from Classroom-based Research. Hrsg. / Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf; Marie-Christine P. J. Knippels . 2022. S. 123 (Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandBeitrag in Buch/SammelwerkForschungPeer-Review

Schneeweiß, N & Gropengießer, H 2022, The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization. in O Ben Zvi Assaraf & M-CPJ Knippels (Hrsg.), Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education: Pedagogies, Guidelines and Insights from Classroom-based Research. Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER), S. 123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98144-0_7
Schneeweiß, N., & Gropengießer, H. (2022). The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization. In O. Ben Zvi Assaraf, & M.-C. P. J. Knippels (Hrsg.), Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education: Pedagogies, Guidelines and Insights from Classroom-based Research (S. 123). (Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98144-0_7
Schneeweiß N, Gropengießer H. The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization. in Ben Zvi Assaraf O, Knippels MCPJ, Hrsg., Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education: Pedagogies, Guidelines and Insights from Classroom-based Research. 2022. S. 123. (Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98144-0_7
Schneeweiß, Niklas ; Gropengießer, Harald. / The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization. Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education: Pedagogies, Guidelines and Insights from Classroom-based Research. Hrsg. / Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf ; Marie-Christine P. J. Knippels . 2022. S. 123 (Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)).
Download
@inbook{7d49c7de36d147388eebbdf73d088675,
title = "The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization",
abstract = "Understanding and explaining complex biological phenomena such as the results of climate change or evolution requires students to think systemically. Systems thinking, which relates concepts to the right level of organization and adequately interrelates concepts across levels of organization, is difficult for students. Teachers can and should encourage learners to consider levels of organization in their effort to explain biological phenomena. However, in order to give learners feedback and support the learning process, teachers and students need a tool to reflect on levels of organization. Based on learning strategies like yo-yo-learning and concept-mapping, we propose a new graphic organizer, the zoom map. The zoom map encourages learners to make levels of organization and the interrelation of system elements explicit. We draw on proof of concept teaching experiments to elaborate on how to use the zoom map as a tool for both students and teachers. After learning with the zoom map, students considered more of the relevant levels, and beyond that, the students considered lower levels of organization. Our results indicate that the zoom map fosters explanations across the levels of organization.",
author = "Niklas Schneewei{\ss} and Harald Gropengie{\ss}er",
year = "2022",
month = may,
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-98144-0_7",
language = "Deutsch",
isbn = "978-3-030-98144-0",
series = "Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)",
pages = "123",
editor = "{Ben Zvi Assaraf}, Orit and {Knippels }, {Marie-Christine P. J.}",
booktitle = "Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education",

}

Download

TY - CHAP

T1 - The Zoom Map: Explaining Complex Biological Phenomena by Drawing Connections between and in Levels of Organization

AU - Schneeweiß, Niklas

AU - Gropengießer, Harald

PY - 2022/5

Y1 - 2022/5

N2 - Understanding and explaining complex biological phenomena such as the results of climate change or evolution requires students to think systemically. Systems thinking, which relates concepts to the right level of organization and adequately interrelates concepts across levels of organization, is difficult for students. Teachers can and should encourage learners to consider levels of organization in their effort to explain biological phenomena. However, in order to give learners feedback and support the learning process, teachers and students need a tool to reflect on levels of organization. Based on learning strategies like yo-yo-learning and concept-mapping, we propose a new graphic organizer, the zoom map. The zoom map encourages learners to make levels of organization and the interrelation of system elements explicit. We draw on proof of concept teaching experiments to elaborate on how to use the zoom map as a tool for both students and teachers. After learning with the zoom map, students considered more of the relevant levels, and beyond that, the students considered lower levels of organization. Our results indicate that the zoom map fosters explanations across the levels of organization.

AB - Understanding and explaining complex biological phenomena such as the results of climate change or evolution requires students to think systemically. Systems thinking, which relates concepts to the right level of organization and adequately interrelates concepts across levels of organization, is difficult for students. Teachers can and should encourage learners to consider levels of organization in their effort to explain biological phenomena. However, in order to give learners feedback and support the learning process, teachers and students need a tool to reflect on levels of organization. Based on learning strategies like yo-yo-learning and concept-mapping, we propose a new graphic organizer, the zoom map. The zoom map encourages learners to make levels of organization and the interrelation of system elements explicit. We draw on proof of concept teaching experiments to elaborate on how to use the zoom map as a tool for both students and teachers. After learning with the zoom map, students considered more of the relevant levels, and beyond that, the students considered lower levels of organization. Our results indicate that the zoom map fosters explanations across the levels of organization.

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-98144-0_7

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-98144-0_7

M3 - Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

SN - 978-3-030-98144-0

T3 - Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER)

SP - 123

BT - Fostering Understanding of Complex Systems in Biology Education

A2 - Ben Zvi Assaraf, Orit

A2 - Knippels , Marie-Christine P. J.

ER -